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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fivefour:
See the third post for full information about the functionality of CrossBreeder from the original creator @idcrisis. It's his blood, sweat, and tears that created CrossBreeder. I provided an app, fram, and pixelserv along with other ideas and support.

Thanks.

Please use the 12.1.2013 edition of CrossBreeder attached so I can properly diagnose and support the MOD moving forward.

The source has been pushed to github, the URL is: https://github.com/f1vefour/CrossBreeder

If you wish to help simply clone the project, make changes and create a pull request. I will review/test and commit if they are helpful.

I appreciate all the help I can get, both with the CrossBreeder scripts and with general testing and support in this thread. I have a wife and three semi-wonderful kids so time is limited, I will work on and support the project the best I can with the time I have.

Thanks,

Tim (fivefour)

If you have an issue please get a logcat, post it to pastebin and link it along with your issue. Otherwise I probably can't help you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fivefour:
I just wanted to drop in and share the application and code I started on before I ran short on time.

The app is on github under my CrossBreeder repo in the entropy branch. For those who want to use it as is you can simply download the APK.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/f1vefour/CrossBreeder/entropy/bin/CrossBreeder.apk

You must first flash the zip in the original post of this thread if you haven't already, the app simply allows you to control the major components of CrossBreeder.

Note:

You must touch the toggle buttons instead of sliding them, if you slide them on/off it will not function.

Enjoy,

Tim

Additional Credit: [MENTION=2980661]bigsupersquid[/MENTION] for his improvements of additional switches and for creating the git pull for said changes.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] koolbrader:
First!

Woohoo!!

Back to the topic, your claim seems legit. I'll look into this n try it out on my devices. Thanks~
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] desalesouche:
hi.i would like to try.how to do that? do you have a script or something? thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Hi,

You can adb into the phone and type 'su' and enter and then run the command in the first step:

mv /dev/random /dev/random.ORIG ; ln /dev/urandom /dev/random
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] desalesouche:
i tried with terminal emulator but it is not working...

have to do it with adb so?

thank you
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buru898:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Sounds like a personal issue to me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

In terminal emulator, hope you're running 'su' and enter first before running the command.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DEF3NDER:
Neat idea! Trying now. Thank you.

Edit: It's so hard to tell with these kinds of things whether they are working or it's placebo. If it is working, it is definitely not like an "in yo face" difference, on my device at least. Before it was pretty smooth with an occasional stutter here and there. Now it is pretty smooth with an occasional stutter here and there. It didn't blow up so that's a win.

Curious to hear what results other have though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback.

I just updated the post with the accompanying kernel parameters. You can try the whole thing as a bunch perhaps and maybe create an init.d script and reboot. Then after ensuring that it actually ran on boot, you can perhaps test.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DEF3NDER:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

I don't know how to make an init.d script but can I just run that code in adb for a temporary test? I tried that and I could swear it made a difference.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Yeah sure, you can run it in ADB. The settings will then remain till the next reboot.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DEF3NDER:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

OK that's what I thought. Been running these settings for a few hours now with good results.

Gonna post a link to this thread over in the e4gt forum and see if everyone gets the same results.

What devices have you tried this on?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Till now it's been tried on:

- Sony Xperia X10 Mini

- Asus TF101G

- Sony Xperia X10

- Samsung P1000

All with decent results.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mw86:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Is setting write up threshold to 2048 the best idea? Stock is 128 and using a higher value resembles what we may want to call a minimum entropy value. Using 2048 one should not see entropy drop below that value. Using that high a read wake up threshold keeps enropy filling up till it caps and stops at 4096. It likely is smoother to have a more default write wake up threshold as the system doesn't need to wait for the minimum of 2048 it just starts using entropy right away on the default 128. By time system boots im always at 1000+ plenty and as day of usage progresses it climbs to 2-3k. 2048 may be more than necessary. Zepplinrox uses 1366 and 128 and his explanation made sense to me. I also had a smoother experience on stock write uo threshold. Ive tried above and below 2048 also. The rest all seems to be what has been discussed like the randomize va space etc. I made an initd for this last month too... this seems just as useful as seeder apk etc but Ive seen people claim this method is slower. To me they both work and this way has no added apk or overhead to do so.

GS3 L710 4.2.1 AOSP Kt747 2.1Ghz ROW/Ktoonservative *Tapatalk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Hi,

This method is different from Zepplinrox as /dev/random is now a link to /dev/urandom and is thus non blocking. So the idea is to take the best of all worlds.

I think your suggestions for the read and write values seem valid when there's no entropy generator but may need some analysis on top of Zeppelin's observations due to the changed nature of the random device. I have changed the OP with your suggestions as there's no rngd around to fill 2048 of entropy very easily.

This method is different to Seeder as nothing is running in the background but suffers from the same drawbacks of the Zeppenlin's method that the entropy pool may be getting populated naturally slower than what rngd would have. Which is where it might make sense to run rngd too once-off every 5 minutes.

Or maybe replace rngd with havenged.

Thanks a lot for your feedback.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mw86:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

I see because of the symbolic link it does differ from Zeppelinrox method. So with the symbolic link method why is it necessary to raise write or read wake threshold from from default?

Yes your idea of having seeder run every five minutes makes sense as entropy isn't drained in most cases by that much.

With no link and no seeder 1366 read wake and 128 write wake, entropy doesnt drop only accumulates and takes a lot of actual entropy drain to reach 4096 and stays there. Why are read wake needed to differ from default on the symbolic link method?

Edit: sorry did i mis read and think you wrote 2048 write wake up in the OP? Or was it updated i am confused now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] idcrisis:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

Yeah I changed it according to your suggestions. Its WIP ;)

Write doesn't seem to affect entropy values much but read does. But write may affect usability so I'll take your word for it.

Values still needs to be increased because I'm told the blocking /dev/random is not the only issue, the entropy pool still needs to be maintained in an efficient manner.

You can see how the available entropy falling even with the link in place.

Hence the attempt to use all 3 methods.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DEF3NDER:
Re: [MOD] Link /dev/random to urandom for lag reduction

I rebooted my phone and then attempted to adb the code with the updated values. Both codes give me an error that says "link failed file exists." Does that mean they stuck through the reboot or what should I do?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titivu:
hello I´m from Panama Latin america today my GT-9300 just recive this:

GTI9300 ( TTT )

PDA: I9300UBEMA1

CSC: I9300UUBELL1

compilation date: 04.01.2013

changes: 789635

my question is if this rom has the fix for the sudden death and security bugs?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samisax:
Yes, it does.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
Looking at this forum its not,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36499838&postcount=1

Quote from forum;

Stock:

The following ROMs include a Kernel and recovery with the Update 7 "Fixes" applied. If you have one of these, officially consider yourself "Safe".

If you rooted one of the below stock ROMs, you will also be safe, however - if you changed to a custom kernel or recovery, you need to look at the below custom sections.

If you have never rooted, the stock section is all you need read.

As It appears all 4.1.2 kernels have the fixes, there is no longer a need to test them all. See below for a list of tested kernels that have the fix. All kernels subsequent to these will also be regarded as safe.

•XXELKC

•XXELL1

•XXELL4

•XXELL5

•XXELL6

•XXELLA

•XXELLB

•XXELLC

People who have never rooted need not read any further. Essentially, if you have an official, never rooted 4.1.2 ROM, you're "safe"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samisax:
This ROM is newer. Both by looking at Sammobile and by looking at the build number, it's obvious that it is included.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
sweet:good:
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] PaintballerAlex07:
I started working on a WIndows 8 Theme for theme chooser.

Its on beta and I will release a donate version on the market after I get the issues fixed.

Try it out. Should work with any android 4.0.3+ with theme chooser enabled rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2109237

[THEME] [CM9/10/AOKP] [XHDPI/HDPI/MDPI] Eight.... A Windows 8 Inspiration
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] billouetaudrey:
Work fine on EOS 4.2 ;)

Big thx !

Envoyé depuis mon Transformer TF101 avec Tapatalk
[HTC ChaCha] TheScPCrew:
Is there an .apk that'll help rotate the ChaCha's front camera screen...it seems anything I use photo/video-wise is either upside down (front camera) or reverse. Apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, Keek...any way to fix this? It's absolutely annoying and I dont understand it at all...
[HTC ChaCha] lolmop:
rotation locker

maybe you could try this app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.rotationlocker
[Android Apps and Games] blackout720:
Subway Surfer: http://bit.ly/145A2w0

Eternity Warriors 2: http://bit.ly/WevK3h

Dead Trigger: http://bit.ly/11PUhz7

Video Demonstrating each game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZT4W6bfCRQ
[Android Apps and Games] Akram_Rasool:
Temple Run
[Android Apps and Games] blackout720:
Temple run 2....lol played it addicting for a week. its so good that it beat angry birds all time sell record on 2 weeks with over 100 million downloads and that was a couple of day ago i read that.

I just added The Simpsons Tapped out game download for anyone in another post if anyone has not read yet : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2135467
[Android Apps and Games] Hunter2195:
Subway Surfer

Subway Surfer is really good game
[Android Apps and Games] jhericurls:
Battle cats
[Android Apps and Games] BeetlePlay:
Yeah, realy cool games !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] paulphilly:
Hello everyone! I am the lucky new owner of a Verizon Galaxy Note 2. I have only had it a week, so it's still new and I am learning a little each day. I had an iPhone 5 and was unimpressed. Before that, I have had mainly Apple and BB products. Therefore, this is my first Android and I am very impressed. Ok, so an online friend told me about this website and said I need to look into getting the phone rooted and a custom ROM installed...something called cyanogen 10.1? Anyway, can someone explain the benefits of rooting and a custom rom to me please? And, should I do this to my new phone? Forgive me, I am a 12 year Army vet who is slowly trying to get up to speed in the tech world. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] McLaren__F1:
You are in the wrong section, this is for the international note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] KennyG123:
Moved to correct forum

And questions go in Q&A as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] paulphilly:
Sorry for the rookie mistake :) And, thanks for getting me to the right forum. Kenny, do you know someone on this forum who I might be able to pm about helping me set up my new Note 2? I have never rooted a phone much less installed a custom ROM. So, I am hoping someone can help me set up my phone. Thanks for any help you can provide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] nunyazz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024207

search function is your friend.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] paulphilly:
Sorry. Thanks for the think!! ;)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] mario24601:
Why do some forums not have search function? Such as macrumors.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] AttachedSilver:
How does this belong is Nexus 4 Themes & Apps?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] mario24601:
Uhhhh because I'm using the tapatalk app on my N4.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Ibsonic:
Yes but your question is just a general question.

It isn't related to a new created app or theme by you. This section is for people who want to share themes, mods, suggestions or apps made by them.

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] AttachedSilver:
Uhhhh this is for sharing themes or apps not asking questions. You should've asked in the general section or Q&A
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] mario24601:
Ahhhh didn't know....thanks.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ksavai:
Excellent question. Totally Relevant to this forum. :cyclops:
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pattym:
I have just upgraded to a Motorola RAZR HD from a phone that had physical (capacitive) "back", "home" and "menu" buttons.

I find the fact that in some instances there is no "menu" button when one could be used irritating. ie, when on the home screen, pressing the "menu" button would bring up a menu with settings etc, but with the RAZR HD there in no "menu" button displayed in that instance.

Is there any way to replace the "recent apps" button, or better yet, add a persistent "menu" button to the onscreen button panel?

I'm aware that on the HTC One V, there was a half functional way of doing this, see

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26202073#post26202073

Is there a work around (or a menu setting) that would accomplish this?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolloser:
If you switch to Cyanogenmod you can assign a long press of one of the buttons to work as a menu button.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mikelee616:
I recently noticed that the awake status in the Settings>Battery>History Details has stopped showing accurate information. It shows that my phone has not been awake at all which obviously is not true. I do not recall if my phone was showing this stat before I ROM/rooted my phone. I have though recently done a few clean installs with no luck of this producing anything. I am currently using

Cyannogenmod 10.1 - 20130121 - EXPERIMENTAL - Toro - M1

along with the latest night Franco kernel. This has always seemed to be somewhat of a nuisance but really does not effect me too terribly much since I use Better Battery Stats. Tryed surfing the Cyanogenmod forums but had no luck.

View attachment 1668456
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simsing:
Hi!

So I have updated my unrooted Note 2 to version 4.1.2 and below describes what happened:

1. Battery drain very fast, can't even last 24 hours. The battery details show "Android System" chugging all my battery juices.

2. On 2nd day, I tried "Factory reset" on Settings menu but still my battery drains very fast by "Android System".

3. On 4th day, I installed Kies on my PC and did the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization". Noticed an improvement in battery life but after 4 hours, I noticed "Android OS" is now taking his turn to chug all my battery juices.

4. On 5th day, woke up and noticed battery drained >20% by "Android OS".

5. 6th day (today), I did another "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" on Kies and now I noticed "Android System" took over and took over >29% battery usage in under 1 hour.

6. Now, I am running "Firmware Upgrade and Initilization" for the 3rd time and is hoping for the best.

Question:

Should I root my device and downgrade to 4.1.1? Before update to 4.1.2, it can last almost 2 days.

Thanks for your help!!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dmwitz:
I had a similar problem and discovered that "gpsd" on my phone was causing the drain. This system also required other systems whiqh together used about 45% of the battery. The "gpsd" is the system samsung uses to track your phone (if you have enabed it). It did not cause this drain on my phone prior to the update.

I hope this helps.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simsing:
Thanks...

Hey thanks for your input. Would you be able to explain in more details on how to disable this "gpsd" thing you mentioned?

I would like to try it out myself :p
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
I disabled all samsung apps, and several others including google now and location services.

Still a massive battery drain.

Very annoying..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bawffg85:
it is said 4.12 drain faster than 4.1.1
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Much much faster

I hope Samsung fix this issue, and quick! I don't like my phone losing a minimum of 20% overnight.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I have no battery drain issues (yet) on the 4.1.2 could be just the vocal minority experiencing it or idk.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
How much battery do you lose overnight?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HypoDest:
On average I also don't observe a significant overall battery drain. Am currently projecting about 7-8 hours of screen time which is about the same as with before. Also having the same very low overnight drain.

However a few oddities:

Android system is higher on the battery charts than in 4.1.1.

I was playing nfs_mw before and after the update, and there is a significant increase in battery drain in 4.1.2. A full battery used to give over 4 hours of gametime, now gives just over 1 hour.

I've also not seem anyone else mentioning this and I'm not sure if this is related to battery but:

4.1.2 is absolutely perfect butter smooth

Every animation and transition had been completely fluid and going from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 was like upgrading from 50% to 100% project butter.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EP2008:
That's brutal. Were you able to confirm this over several days of gameplay ? Can you post screenshots of your battery stats screen?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fikthor:
Mine after upgrade to 4.1.2 took 7,5 hours during night to drain battery to 89%...

On 4.1.1 it was about 3 - 4%. I'm downgrading...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilsweet007:
emotion rom 2.0 is the solution
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprkrt:
why is that?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
I have downgraded but version 4.1.1 doesn't give me the option to switch to 2G only data mode!! Only 2G/3G/4G or 3G only!

This is essential as where I live my 3G keeps cutting out, and I get frequent loss of service. Is there any way to get this option back???
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Roughly about 1% per 7-8hours depending on the current battery level, are you losing more ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sz1a:
I downgraded to 4.1.1 by downloading the appropriate firmware from sammobile.com and flashing as pda with odin. I then flashed the perseus kernel which has the sudden death bug fix built in. Perseus is not prerooted but it doesn't have to be, at least it protects the phone from sudden death as I had the faulty chip in mine. I got 40 hours standby and 4 hours screen on out of it now, all accounts syncing with Google now and Samsung tracking service. happy to have switched back to 4.1.1, all I miss is the snappier s note from 4.1.2.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hannarecord:
Hello guys I have this problem also In my note 2 after updating to 4.1.2 my battery drain like 10% for 20 min in idle

Factory reset dosen't solve the problem

I just wipe data and cache from recovery mode beleive me now its better than before I am using it for 1 day 14 hours I still have 49% on heavy usage with H+ connection
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simsing:
Hope it get fixed soon...

Last night I disabled "Google Location Services". It is under Settings > Accounts > Google > Location Settings

This is what I noticed.

Before I sleep, after I finished charging at 16min my Android Services spiked up almost 50%...

When I woke up, this is what I saw... 9% total drain and Android Services went up to 54%...

Not too bad comparing to a few days ago when I first updated.

So is there anything I can do without needing to root my phone?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samnote2:
I have the same problem like You :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarionCast:
Can confirm this issue. Used to get 5-6 hours screen on time on 4.1.1 on a normal day (moderate to heavy usage).

Now I can't even reach 3 hours on 4.1.2. I already did a hard reset. No change.

Can installing a custom ROM solve this?